Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree.
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I could have become a soldier if I had waited; I knew more about retreating than the man who invented retreating.
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I am not retreating, I am advancing in a different direction.
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Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One is always living a little more or dying a little bit.
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And now, dear sister, I must leave this house or the retreating army will make me a prisoner in it by filling up the road I am directed to take.
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We are not retreating - we are advancing in another Direction.
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Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less.
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My centre is giving way, my right is retreating, situation excellent, I am attacking .
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Our art is a way of being dazzled by truth: the light on the grotesquely grimacing retreating face is true, and nothing else.
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